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EP0291533 - RNA RIBOZYME RESTRICTION ENDORIBONUCLEASES AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1988/47]	RNA RIBOZYME POLYMERASES, DEPHOSPHORYLASES, RESTRICTION ENDORIBONUCLEASES AND METHODS
	[1995/42]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 17.06.2005 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	25.07.2008	Change - opposition data/opponents data or that of the opponents representative	published on 27.08.2008 [2008/35]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states UNIVERSITY PATENTS, INC. 1465 Post Road East, P.O. Box 901 Westport Connecticut 06881 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1988/47]	For all designated states UNIVERSITY PATENTS, INC. 1465 Post Road East, P.O. Box 901 Westport, Connecticut 06881 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CECH, Thomas, R. 1545 Rockmont Circle Boulder, CO 80303 / US
	02 / ZAUG, Arthur, J. 623 W. Lilac Court Louisville, CO 80027 / US
	03 / BEEN, Michael, D. 705 Aurora Avenue, Apt. 4 Boulder, CO 80300 / US
	[1988/47]
Representative(s)	Jaenichen, Hans-Rainer, et al Vossius & Partner Postfach 86 07 67 81634 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1996/42]	Jaenichen, Hans-Rainer, Dr., et al Vossius & Partner, Postfach 86 07 67 81634 München / DE
Former [1992/34]	Goldin, Douglas Michael, et al J.A. KEMP & CO. 14, South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX / GB
Former [1992/33]	(deleted)
Former [1990/15]	Schulze Horn, Stefan, Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc. Goldstrasse 50 D-48147 Münster / DE
Former [1988/47]	Patentanwälte Schulze Horn und Hoffmeister Goldstrasse 36 D-48147 Münster / DE
Application number, filing date	88901380.1	02.12.1987
	[1988/47]
	WO1987US03161
Priority number, date	US19860937327	03.12.1986 Original published format: US 937327
	[1988/47]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO8804300
	Date:	16.06.1988
	Language:	EN
	[1988/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0291533
	Date:	23.11.1988
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.06.1988 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1988/47]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0291533
	Date:	18.10.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/42]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	16.06.1988
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.10.1989
Classification	IPC:	C07H17/02, C12N9/12, C12N9/22, C12N15/10	[1995/42]
	CPC:	C12N15/113 (EP,US); C12N15/10 (EP,US); C12N2310/111 (EP,US); C12N2310/1241 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1988/47]	C07H17/02, C12N9/12, C12N9/22, C12N15/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1988/47]
Title	German:	RNS-RIBOZYM RESTRIKTIONSENDORIBONUKLEASEN UND VERFAHREN	[1995/42]
	English:	RNA RIBOZYME RESTRICTION ENDORIBONUCLEASES AND METHODS	[1995/42]
	French:	RIBOZYME D'ARN ENDORIBONUCLEASES DE RESTRICTION ET PROCEDES	[1995/42]
	Former [1988/47]	RNS-RIBOZYM-POLYMERASEN, DEPHOSPHORYLASEN, RESTRIKTION VON ENDORIBONUKLEASEN UND VERFAHREN
	Former [1988/47]	RNA RIBOZYME POLYMERASES, DEPHOSPHORYLASES, RESTRICTION ENDORIBONUCLEASES AND METHODS
	Former [1988/47]	POLYMERASES DE RIBOZYME D'ARN, DEPHOSPHORYLASES ENDORIBONUCLEASES DE RESTRICTION ET PROCEDES
Entry into regional phase	26.07.1988	National basic fee paid
	26.07.1988	Search fee paid
	26.07.1988	Designation fee(s) paid
	19.11.1988	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: No
	19.11.1988	Examination requested [1989/03]
	06.10.1992	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.12.1992	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.12.1992	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	14.04.1993	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.10.1993	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.01.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.02.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	03.06.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.09.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.10.1994	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.12.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.02.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.02.1995	Request for accelerated examination filed
	08.03.1995	Date of oral proceedings
	07.04.1995	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	18.04.1995	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	28.04.1995	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.05.1995	Fee for grant paid
	03.05.1995	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 17.07.1996 31.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE GENE SHEARS PTY LIMITED Administration Building-CNR Barry Drive Clunies Ross Street GPO Box 1600 CANBERRA ACT 2601 / AU Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A.S. 88, Boulevard des Belges 69452 Lyon Cedex 06 / FR
		02 18.07.1996 26.10.2000 WITHDRAWN Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 510 East 73rd Street New York / US Opponent's representative Bassett, Richard Simon Potter Clarkson LLP The Belgrave Centre Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB
		03 18.07.1996 11.09.1996 ADMISSIBLE Immusol Incorporated 3050 Science Park Road San Diego, CA 92121 / US Opponent's representative Walton, Seán Malcolm Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2008/35]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.07.1996 31.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE GENE SHEARS PTY LIMITED Administration Building-CNR Barry Drive Clunies Ross Street GPO Box 1600 CANBERRA ACT 2601 / AU Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol ERNEST GUTMANN - YVES PLASSERAUD S.A.S. 88, Boulevard des Belges 69452 Lyon Cedex 06 / FR
		02 18.07.1996 26.10.2000 WITHDRAWN Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 510 East 73rd Street New York / US Opponent's representative Bassett, Richard Simon Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
		03 18.07.1996 11.09.1996 ADMISSIBLE Immusol Incorporated 3050 Science Park Road San Diego, CA 92121 / US Opponent's representative Walton, Seán Malcolm MEWBURN ELLIS, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
	Former [2005/09]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.07.1996 31.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE GENE SHEARS PTY LIMITED Administration Building-CNR Barry Drive Clunies Ross Street-GPO Box 1600 CANBERRA ACT 2601 / AU Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud SA 88, Boulevard des Belges 69452 Lyon Cedex 06 / FR
		02 18.07.1996 26.10.2000 WITHDRAWN Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 510 East 73rd Street New York / US Opponent's representative Bassett, Richard Simon Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
		03 18.07.1996 11.09.1996 ADMISSIBLE Immusol Incorporated 3050 Science Park Road San Diego, CA 92121 / US Opponent's representative Walton, Seán Malcolm MEWBURN ELLIS, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
	Former [1999/20]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.07.1996 31.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE GENE SHEARS PTY LIMITED Administration Building-CNR Barry Drive Clunies Ross Street-GPO Box 1600 CANBERRA ACT 2601 / AU Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A., 62 rue de Bonnel 69448 Lyon Cedex 03 / FR
		02 18.07.1996 11.09.1996 ADMISSIBLE Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 510 East 73rd Street New York / US Opponent's representative Bassett, Richard Simon Eric Potter Clarkson, Park View House, 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
		03 18.07.1996 11.09.1996 ADMISSIBLE Immusol Incorporated 3050 Science Park Road San Diego, CA 92121 / US Opponent's representative Walton, Seán Malcolm MEWBURN ELLIS, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
	Former [1996/37]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.07.1996 31.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE GENE SHEARS PTY LTD Suite 1, Building 5, 105 Delhi Road North Ryde, NSW 2113 / AU Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A.S. 88, Boulevard des Belges 69452 Lyon Cedex 06 / FR
		02 18.07.1996 WITHDRAWN Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 510 East 73rd Street New York / US Opponent's representative Bassett, Richard Simon Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB
		03 18.07.1996 ADMISSIBLE Immusol Incorporated 3050 Science Park Road San Diego, CA 92121 / US Opponent's representative Walton, Seán Malcolm Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS / GB
	16.09.1996	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	26.05.1997	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	16.03.1998	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
	28.09.1998	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	11.07.2000	Date of oral proceedings
	01.08.2000	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M01)
	01.08.2000	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	11.09.2000	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	13.06.2001	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	20.04.2005	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2005/31]
	17.06.2005	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition	23.08.2001	Appeal received No. T0931/01
	23.10.2001	Statement of grounds filed
	20.04.2005	Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
	13.08.2001	Appeal received No. T0931/01
	13.10.2001	Statement of grounds filed
	20.04.2005	Date of oral proceedings
	25.04.2005	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.12.1989	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.12.1990	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.11.1991	Renewal fee patent year 05
	09.10.1992	Renewal fee patent year 06
	13.12.1993	Renewal fee patent year 07
	07.12.1994	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] - CELL, vol. 47, no. 2, pages 207-216; M.D. BEEN et al.: "One binding site determines sequence specificity of tetrahymena pre-rRNA self-splicing, trans-splicing, and RNA enzyme activity"
		[X] - BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 25, no. 16, 12th August 1986, pages 4478-4482, American Chemical Society; A.J. ZAUG et al.: "The Tetrahymena intervening sequence ribonucleic acid enzyme is a phosphotransferase and an acid phosphatase"
		[A] - SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, vol. 255, no. 5, November 1986, pages 76-84, New York, US; T.R. CECH: "RNA as an enzyme"
		[A] - SCIENCE, vol. 228, 10th May 1985, pages 719-722; J.V. PRICE et al.: "Coupling of tetrahymena ribosomal RNA splicing to beta-galactosidase expression in Escherichia coli"
	International search	[XP] - Nature, Volume 324 issued 1986 December, (London, U.K.), (A. ZAUG et al), "The Tetrahymena Ribozyme Acts like an RNA restriction Endonuclease". See pages 429-433.
		[X] - Science, Volume 321, issued 1986, January, (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.), (A. ZAUG et al), "The Intervening Sequence RNA of Tetrahymena is an Enzyme". See pages 470-475, see particularly pages 470, 471 and 475.
		[X] - Science, Volume 224, issued 1984 May, (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.), (A. ZAUG et al), a Labile Phosphodiester Bond at the Ligation Junction in a Circular Intervening Sequence RNA", see pages 574-578, see particularly pages 574, 576, 577 and 578,
		[X] - Biochemistry, Volume 25, issued 1986, August, (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.), (B. BASS et al) "Ribozyme Inhibitors: Deoxyguanosine and Dideoxyguanosine are Competitive Inhibitors of Self Splicing of the Tetrahymena Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Precursor". See pages 4473-4477, see particularly pages 4473 and 4476.
		[X] - Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, Volume 83, issued 1986, June (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.), (T. CECH), "a Model for RNA-catalyzed Replication of RNA". See pages 4360-4363.

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